Button



@m Mdel.) y HQSSER BUTTQE. No. 856,768. f Patented Feb. l, N87.

,FREDEBlCK HOSSEE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISS'UBI.

BUTTON.

SPECEFICATIOH forming Application filed June 1, 1886. Serial No.

para of Leiters Patent No. 355,768, eared February l, 1887.

203,344. (No model.)

.To @JZ whom Il muy concern.'

Be it known that l, FREDERICK Hessen, e citizen oi" the United States,residing et St.

Louis, in the Siete of iliissonrhhave invented known manner so nsCertain new and useful Improvements in Coller end Sleeve Buttons, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of collar or sleeve buttons whereinthe head or button is hinged to the post, so that it may be turned downparallel therewith, to facilitate the insertion and remorerlofthelontton into and out of the button-hole, and to hold it in place whenturned up.

The object ol my invention is to ineke n nent, cheap, and durable collarand sleeve huir ton for cheep class of jewelry mede hy hand ormachinery, :is well ns 'for finer lnd more expensive buttons, and tolessen the number of parts, all or either of which is readily re pinnedor substituted.

To this end my inveniion consists in eertein nenr and noi-*el featuresin the eonstruetion of the post, spring, :rnd hinged part; also, in themanner of securing the hinged pari; to the post, so :is to hold thespring in place, whereby the button is greatly simplified in itsoonstrnetien when compared with other buttons of the saine class. n

Of the drawings, Figure 'l is e side View of in y improved button,showing thehiuged'pert, plete, or shoe in position erosswise to the poseond closed. Fig. 2 is e. side View and part section of the sinne,showing the hinged part turned in position parallel with the post nudopen. liigs. 3, Li,- 5, und G ere perspective views of the hinged een ershoe, the spring, the stationery oep or plete and its post, and therivet, respectively, forming the several parte ol' my improved button.Fig. T is e perspeetive View of the button complete.

Similar lettere indicate similar pin-ts throughout the several views.

A designates the stationary plete or esp, B the post, C the spring, andD the hinged plate or een, oi' the butt-on embodying inyiniprove inents.

The stationery plate square, or any other shape desir i muy he round,oval, ad, and may he used as the top or bottoni of the button, end whenused es e sleeve or cuff button it yneeessry stretehi ng may he engravedor provided with e setor other fanciful ornamentation, as usual. To thisplaefltlie post B is attached in any Wellto he rigid und firm. This postis split, es shown in Fig. 5, thus forming nl double post, with e slit,b, in its center, for the reception of the sp ring C. (See Figs. 5 and 7.j

a. is elng, i'oruied ner on the oep A, behind the double post B, and iudirect line with the slit if.

The spring C is of the L. shape shown in Figs. 4 and 7, the horizontalor teil portion, c, of which enters the lug o while inserting the springbetween the post from side opposite the lng o with the tail iirst.

The hinged esp or plete D has in its center e square lug, d, throughwhich the eye d is drilled or otherwise formed. This plate D is hingedto the post by placing its lng in the slit i and its eye in line withthe eyes b of the double post and passing a rivet, bg, through. (SeeFig. 2.) The end of the vert-ioni portion of the spring is provided withzi noteh, o', in which the lug d of the hinged esi-p engages, and isheld in either oi' the twopositionsshown in Figs. l and 2, and preventedmore or less from turning beek into the other position, eoeording to thetension of the spring.

When the oep is turned asshonn in Fig. l, it is positively preventedfrom turning too fer by abutting against the extreme end or shoulder o2of the spring. The lug n, and the end c of the spring entering it may heinede in elined, es shown in doit-ed lines, Figs. 2 and 4, so es tofacilitate its insertion and @euse e close lit, The spring inny he madecurved at e, (its angle) es shown, in order to edd toits elasticity, aswell as to forni e notch to keep the several parts or ends of the collaror end and shirt close together and to prevent unoi' the huttonholeafter the button is inserted. The hinged plete is held inplece bytherivet. Thespring, by aetiug sidewise egainstthelug of thehingedplate indirection opposite 'to its insertion into the lug and between the donhlepost, is thus kept firmly in its place on all sides, and cannot beremoved without removing the rivet and the hinged oep. All the parts nrethus adapted to each other, and nre readily removed, re-

in any Well-known inanf IOS) lons Without requiring much skill, a savingof time, labor, and expense in the manufacture thus being achieved. 5What I claim is- As an improved article of manufacture, a collar orsleeve button or stud consisting of placed, and adjusted in theirrespective posinotchl c3, formed at its angle, for holding the button inplace when inserted into the buttonhole, the hinged cap D, provided witha 111g,

d, for the engagement of the spring, and the 15,'` rivet b2, `forholding the parts together, substantially as set forth.

the stationary cap A, provided with a double FREDERICK HOSSER'Witnesses:

GHAS. F. MEISNER, Jes. W. ALLEN.

post, B, anda lng, a, the L-sliaped spring C, 1o inserted between thedouble post andinto the lug a, as herein shown and described, the

